What's Buzzing This Week? - Jul 22, 2021

Here’s your weekly dose of news updates from us!

1. Gender balance at Tokyo Olympics 2021: Countries are sending more women athletes than men

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-olympics/gender-equity-at-tokyo-major-nations-send-more-women-than-men-athletes/articleshow/84540231.cms 

2. 4-year-old Nina Gomes clears plastic waste from the ocean in Rio de Janeiro

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/in-rio-a-4-year-old-girl-clears-plastic-waste-from-the-ocean/articleshow/84589969.cms

3. Google doodle honours India’s first woman doctor Kadambini Ganguly on her 160th birth anniversary

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kadambini-ganguly-google-honours-indias-first-woman-doctor-on-160th-birth-anniversary/articleshow/84518689.cms

4. 40-year-old sanitation worker clears the RPSC RAS exam to become a Rajasthan government official

https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/competitive-exams/rpsc-ras-result-sanitation-worker-clears-exam-in-a-tale-of-grit-determination-101626430623780.html

5. Percentage of Indian women graduates in STEM higher compared to nations like US, UK or France

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-has-more-women-stem-grads-than-us-uk-or-france/articleshow/84571128.cms

6. Gender equality in boardrooms: More than a third of financial board positions are now held by women

https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/gender-parity-in-boardrooms-women-bosses-now-make-up-nearly-a-third-of-financial-firm-boards/amp_articleshow/84545064.cms

7. Meet Kalyan-born Sanjal Gavande who helped build Jeff Bezos’ space rocket

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/migrate/meet-sanjal-gavande-indian-origin-woman-who-helped-build-jeff-bezos-space-rocket/mahrashtra-born/slideshow/84578363.cms

8. Kerala government launches ‘Pink Protection’ project for women safety

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-police-launch-pink-project-for-women-safety/article35411027.ece